Quote Originally Posted by Provenance
Side note: the longer we delay Awakening (until the point where 100%'ing events is very difficult to do) the better. ESPECIALLY if you are a free (even low spending) player.

Awakening is a SERIOUS grind.

Awakening requires a unit to be MAX level with MAX affection.
Orb specific missions cost 90 Charisma to do.
Orbs have average to below average drop rates.
Platinum+ and non class-evolving units (EX: Princess) cost multiple (up to 6!) Orbs.
Specific class Orbs will only drop from a single day per week.
The Awakening fairy, Nias, costs 100 Demon Crystals.
Awakening also requires 3 CC'd Silver or 3 Gold units (mix of the 2 is acceptable [EX: you can Awaken with 2 CC Silver + 1 Gold]).
After Awakening a unit, that unit is actually WEAKER than before Awakening for the first ~30 levels (class dependent)! Need to have fodder units prepared for post-Awakening.
Also events are always a threat! Balancing where you spend your Charisma and Stamina will slow your awakening progress.

I personally had a run of 11 Orb mission attempts before an Orb I wanted dropped. And for the specific class I wanted Awakened it was only 1 of 3 Orbs. 990 Charisma over the period of 3 weeks (because, remember, only specific Orbs drop on each day!) for just 1 of 3 Orbs. Yeah, it can really suck if you are unlucky. So it basically still took me a month to Awaken a unit whom I already maxed, with all the fodder prepared, and the gold banked because of RNG (and me not wanting to spend my SC).
This is why I want Awakenings. I want to be pressured, I want to be forced to decide between options with more serious consequences. I have over 2,5M gold and 500 DC saved for awakenings. But it will never come at this rate

However, you are right regarding that it might be beneficial to new players that this feature is delayed even further. But if we consider this, we would also want to consider that each and every day new players join the game. At some point in time awakening has to come. I don't like how Nutaku is treating this game compared to others (they even already had revivals for games that they released after MWA!). I don't know what is happening here, but to reach the point to where they also forget to announce the current event in their Facebook page for one day is... troubling to say the least.

I would be satisfied with the new set of Story Missions for the time being, to be honest. My primary objective is to reach level 192.